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Disease Ecology and Evolution

Busch, Joseph D. [1], Van Andel, Roger [2], Stone, Nathan E. [1], Cobble, Kacy R. [1], Nottingham, Roxanne [1], Lee, Judy [3], VerSteeg, Michael [1], Corcoran, Jeff [4], Cordova, Jennifer [4], Van Pelt, William [4], Shuey, Megan M. [1], Foster, Jeffrey T. [1], Schupp, James M. [5], Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen [5], Beckstrom-Sternberg, James [5], Keim, Paul [1], Smith, Susan [6], Rodriguez-Ramos, Julia [6], Williamson, Judy L. [6], Rocke, Tonie E. [6], Wagner, David M. [1].

The innate immune response may be important for surviving plague infection in wild Gunnison’s prairie dogs.

1 - Northern Arizona University, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, PO Box 4073, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
2 - University of California Berkeley, Office of Laboratory Animal Care, 203 Northwest Animal Facility, MC 7150, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
3 - Northern Arizona University, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, PO Box 4073, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, 86011
4 - Arizona Game and Fish Department, The Black-footed Ferret Project, PO Box 397, Seligman, AZ, 86337, USA
5 - Translational Genomics Research Institute North, 3051 W. Shamrell Blvd #106, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
6 - United States Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, WI, 53711, USA

Keywords:
innate immunity
plague resistance
prairie dog
Yersinia pestis
Aubrey Valley.

Presentation Type: Regular Oral Presentation
Session: 48
Location: Superior B/Cliff Lodge
Date: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
Time: 4:30 PM
Number: 48005
Abstract ID:1111
Candidate for Awards:None